| After the Riparian Plaza, comes the Central Plaza 1 which is
located at the “Golden Triangle” in Queen Street at
Brisbane’s central business district.
With a height of 174m,
this 44-storey building used to be the tallest in Brisbane
in 1988. Today it stands as the third tallest following
Aurora Tower and Riparian Plaza. Right beside the Central
Plaza One is its smaller version, the Central Plaza Two and
soon to be completed is the Central Plaza Three
which will
form the Central Plaza Complex.
Meanwhile, the Waterfront Place in Eagle Street is the
fourth tallest building in Brisbane and the fifth in
Queensland standing at 162 meters above the ground. Since
the building is situated at the edge of the River, it offers
a breathtaking view of the City and Brisbane River.
The AMP Place, State Law Building, the Riverside Center, and
the Brisbane Square are also included in the list of
Brisbane’s skyscrapers.
The AMP Place, known locally as the
Gold Tower because of its gold color, is the very first true
skyscraper of Brisbane with a height of 135 meters.
The
Brisbane Stock Exchange can be found within the Riverside
Center while the Queensland Department of Justice and
Attorney-General are housed
in the State Law Building,
better known as the Gotham Tower because of its post-modern
design. This building is also famous as the Batman Building
because of its unique top which looks like the head of
Batman. One of the newest high-rise buildings is the
Brisbane Square in George Street. Mainly
used for office
spaces, it is Australia’s largest commercial building with a
height of 151 meters. It houses the new Brisbane City
Council and the council’s state-of-the-art library
Still, more buildings are on their way to be completed in
the years to come. The Vision Brisbane is estimated to be
completed in early 2010 and will
stand in Mary Street. From
the name itself, Vision, it is envisioned to be the tallest
in Brisbane, the second in Queensland, and the third tallest
in Australia. The Vision Plaza will be multi-purpose
building with 13 floors for commercial purpose and over 53
floors for residential apartments. Another new building
to
join the skyline by 2011 is the Trilogy Tower, a commercial
and residential space building, which will rise in Queen
Street on the site where the Red Cross building used to
stand. It is planned to be the second tallest building in
Brisbane with a height of 265m. The Empire Square is planned
to rise in Elizabeth St, the city’s Treasury, and will
become the third tallest building in Brisbane.
In a few years from now, once the construction of the Empire
Square Tower, Trilogy Tower and the Vision Brisbane will be
completed, the Aurora Tower
will no longer be the tallest in
Brisbane. These buildings will dwarf all other skyscrapers
in Brisbane even in Australia. In the near future more
skyscrapers, taller, better, and more complex, will spring
up in Brisbane amazing skyline.
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